GH 510 TA Needed

COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: GH510: Epidemiological Methods in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (Spring Break)

QUALIFICATIONS: Previous experience working in a global (preferably humanitarian) setting or previously passed GH 510

DUTIES:  Support updating Canvas, grading quizzes and finals, coordinating breakout groups and demonstrations, other support as needed

HOURS/WEEK: Course is a week long during spring break. Work is full time during the week of the course + 2-4h/week during the 2 weeks before and after the course

FACULTY Name: Eva Leidman and Oleg Bilukha

HOW TO APPLY:  Student should make an appointment for an interview: Email Eva Leidman eleidman [at] cdc [dot] gov or Oleg Bilukha  obb0 [at] cdc [dot] gov

Georgia Tech Spring Course Offering: Public Health Analytics

CP 8853: Special Topics in GIS (3 credits)

Friday 2-4 PM

The course presents students with a comprehensive socioecological framework of metrics and methods used in healthy places research and practice. The course focuses on measuring the three key functional domains of healthy communities— 1) the physical environment, 2) social environment and 3) access to healthcare. A variety of analytical techniques including spatial methods and applied statistics will be used. The methods taught in the course are widely applicable to various industrial and research contexts outside of Public Health as well. Students will learn how to execute the entire life-cycle of a data analytics project including problem formulation, data preparation, exploratory analysis, modeling and visualization.

About the Instructor:
Dr. Arthi Rao, Research Scientist at the Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development, has an interdisciplinary educational and professional background in Urban Planning, Epidemiology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and is a certified GIS professional (GISP). Dr. Rao’s portfolio includes a focus on social/spatial analytics, equity and access as applied to healthy communities research and practice. She uses methods including spatial clustering, data mining/classification techniques and multilevel modeling in her research. She has integrated these methods to create decision-support tools for academic and industrial applications. Most recently she has served as a PI on multiple GA Smart Communities Challenge grants and is currently the Co-PI for the National African American Child and Family Research Center in partnership with the Morehouse School of Medicine, providing students with opportunities to engage with analytics on the forefront of social equity and healthy communities research.

Contact information:
Email: arthir [at] gatech [dot] edu
Office: 760 Spring Street Suite 213
Phone: (404) 385 5123

Student Mediators, Science Gallery Atlanta

Science Gallery Atlanta at Emory University is delighted to announce that we are opening our first round of applications for students to gain experience in science communication and public engagement as mediators in our upcoming exhibition, HOOKED: When Want Becomes Need, opening in early 2022 in central Atlanta.

We are actively seeking creative and highly motivated students from all backgrounds and fields of study to help us leverage art and science to address societal challenges such as addiction, social justice, and climate impact. 

Student mediators serve a critical role in the Science Gallery experience: they contextualize content and provoke and guide discussion with gallery visitors.  (Please see below this email for more information about the role student mediators will serve at Science Gallery Atlanta.)

Science Gallery specifically targets 15 to 25-year olds as its core audience – we believe these are the future leaders who will understand the complexities of global challenges and bring solutions to action.

Students who serve as mediators will:

• Be trained in science communication and public engagement
• Develop professional skills (e.g., interviewing, presentation and resume writing skills)
• Interact and learn from world-class researchers and artists through networking and programming
• Receive mentorship from Science Gallery Atlanta staff and peer mediators
• Experience the cultural offerings in the Atlanta region through field trips and other social outings

Our application is open now and can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/8LYwJBUm1i21UrWL7

Accepted applicants will begin their Science Gallery Atlanta-led training in January of 2022.

Questions about the application process can be directed to us at atlanta [at] sciencegallery [dot] com.

BSHES 760R

Are you interested in learning how to analyze big data to end drug-related harms? 

 Sign up for Reducing Drug-Related Harms using Big Data: Administrative, Geospatial and Network Data Sources (GRAD 700R / BSHE 760R)
The course is offered Fridays from 10 AM to 1 PM (Consists of a 2-hour lecture and 1-hour lab).

Course instructors:
Hannah Cooper, ScD, Lance Waller, PhD and Weihua An, PhD

Course description:
This interdisciplinary 4-credit course will prepare students to conduct ethical, rigorous, and theoretically informed analyses of three types of “big data” (administrative, geospatial, and social network data) in the context of research and interventions into intersecting crises of substance use disorders and drug-related harms.

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with Regression (e.g., BIOS 501, BSHES 700), SAS (e.g., BIOS 501) and R (e.g., BIOS 544) is required.

This course is a part of the TADA training program on analzying big data to end drug-related harms.

To learn more, please contact Marielysse Cortes at mcortes [at] emory [dot] edu.

To learn more about additional pre-doctoral training opportunities, please visit sph.emory.edu/spark/tada-program

Stanford CARE Scholars Summer Program

GRA Position

Dr. Audrey Gaskins, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, is actively looking for a Graduate Research Assistant to work on a newly funded research project which uses a novel model of human fertility – vitrified donor oocyte assisted reproductive technology (ART) – to evaluate how air pollution influences human reproduction. Because vitrified oocytes are obtained from anonymous, young, healthy female donors months to years prior to the recipient couple’s ART cycle, there is no correlation in air pollution exposure between the donor and the female recipient or the donor and the recipient’s male partner. By leveraging this unique resource, our research will determine the independent effects of air pollution exposure during oogenesis and spermatogenesis on fertilization and early embryo development, the independent effects of air pollution on pregnancy outcomes as mediated through the oocyte and the endometrium, and the extent to which air pollution affects fertility potential in young, healthy women.

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of Dr. Gaskins and Dr. Heather Hipp, a Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Specialist at Emory Reproductive Center, the Graduate Research Assistant will help with medical record abstraction at Reproductive Biology Associates. The candidate will be responsible for traveling to and from Reproductive Biology Associates (located in Sandy Springs, GA), manually pulling patient files, abstracting relevant information from medical records, and entering this data into an existing Emory RedCap research database. He/she will also assist in the cleaning of the data and the manual review of any entries that are outside the specified bounds for a given variable. Motivated candidates will also have opportunities to participate in data analysis, abstract writing, and co-authoring publications. The work environment is collaborative and is with a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, clinicians, biostatisticians, and environmental engineers.

Minimum qualifications:

· Highly motivated, efficient, organized, detail-oriented

· Interested in working on research in the area of reproductive or environmental health

· Proof of COVID-19 vaccination. This is required for access to the clinic where medical records are located.

· Car or similar means of transportation. This is needed for traveling to and from Reproductive Biology Associates which is located in Sandy Springs (~20-30 min drive from Emory University) to access the paper medical records.

Preferred Qualifications

· Prior experience with quantitative data collection and data management software, specifically RedCap, is a plus.

· Masters or Doctoral student.

· Having a medical background is a plus, but not required.

Additional Position Details

· Requires a minimum commitment of 15-20 hours per week.

· We are looking for someone who can start in January or February 2021

· This position is a one year assignment with a possible extension for another year.

Please contact Audrey Gaskins at audrey [dot] jane [dot] gaskins [at] emory [dot] edu with any questions relevant to this position.

Invitation to Interview with the Emory Oral History Program

The Emory Oral History Program is continuing to explore the issues shaping our community. We invite you to join us by sharing your stories and signing up for an interview today.  

The Stories During the Coronavirus Pandemic initiative continues to explore the impact of the pandemic through one-on-one interviews. How have your life, work, or studies been transformed? How have you adapted to new demands and evolving challenges while living through the pandemic?  

We are also expanding our Underrepresented Voices series, and invite faculty, staff, and students who identify as Black, Latinx, First-generation, or LGBTQ+ to join us for an interview. Your perspectives matter, and your voices are an integral part of the university.  

As life on campus finds a new rhythm, recording and preserving your oral history will help us build community and make sense of the ongoing changes around us. Contributing your story to the Rose Library will also enrich the historical record, providing resources for students, educators, and researchers for years to come. Visit the Emory Oral History Program’s page for more information and to sign-up for an informal pre-interview session. We’re looking forward to speaking with you.  

Course Offering: Chronic Diseases Prevention and Control

Student Volunteers needed for SWANSS

Surveillance of Wastewater And Nasal Self-Collections of Specimens (SWANSS) is a Gates Foundation funded project at the Fulton County Jail, where weekly mass testing for COVID-19 is conducted in conjunction with wastewater testing. Our team has had a soft roll out; this coming Wednesday 11/3/2021 we want to scale up individual, mass testing four-fold.

–We have an urgent need for 2-3 more student volunteers to help with distributing nasal swabs for self-collection and data management during the collection period.  For those taking the introductory course in the SDOH certificate program, this can count towards volunteer work for the Center for the Health of Incarcerated Persons.

–We need students who would be able to work at the jail from 3:30 pm to 7 pm this Wednesday.

–The jail is about a 30-minute drive from campus as the evening rush hour starts—volunteers would need to be free from 3 pm onwards.

–I am only interested in students who would not be missing a class if they were to participate.

–For persons who have commitments this Wednesday PM, we may also need a handful of volunteers for Monday 11/9—hours for that day are yet to be determined.

–For persons who are interested in becoming more involved, a student work-study job will be posted soon. REAL candidates encouraged to apply but opportunity not limited to REAL.

–If interested in serving this Wednesday, please contact lindsay [dot] saber [at] emory [dot] edu or nicholas [dot] laramee [at] emory [dot] edu by Tuesday morning.